SavvyFlack @ H&K!

“Yeah, but are politicos really on Twitter?”   I get this question a lot.  Check it out…

• Barack Obama – 542,313 followers
• Al Gore – 376,234 followers
• Senator John McCain – 266,121 followers
• Gavin Newsom – 108,095 followers

Want to find out more about the most-followed folks in politics?  Check out www.WeFollow.com, “a user powered Twitter directory.”  It also lists the most-followed in dozens of other categories. 

Another great resource is www.TweetCongress.org – “We the Tweeple of the United States, in order to form a more perfect government, establish communication, and promote transparency do hereby Tweet the Congress of the United States of America.”  You can find and follow your “Congresstweeple” just by entering their location or name.  If they’re not on Twitter, you can sign a petition to get them tweeting.  Here’s why I love this site… 

• There’s a Congressperson Tweetstream – you can see all the updates from Congresspeople on the site’s front page
• You can find the most followed (John McCain, R-AZ with 264,946 followers), most active (John Culberson R-TX with 2,027 tweets in the past 30 days), and the most petitioned (Harry Reid, D-NV) on the site.
• Ever wondered which party tweets more?  Yep, you can find that out, too, on TweetCongress.  Last I checked, top Twitter awards go to the Red party with 79 Congresspeople using the micro-blogging service.  Democrats are at 38.